Distinguished roster of speakers. Before we begin his remarks, i would like you all to please put your phones on silent. Back in the day, we used to tell them tell you to turn them off. We would like you to put them on silent, because we would like you to live tweet this event. We can follow that online. We would also like to take a moment while you are silencing your phones and turning off other potentially distracting devices to introduce our table. We would like you to hold your applause until after the full head table is introduced. Then you can corrupt and applause. Erupt inou can applause. We have mark heller, a reporter. Paul marion, senior white house correspondent. Ellerman. Ms. Rich. Philip. Stephen cianci. Have that the preacher martin. We have betsy. Speaker for aour moment, we have abby livingston. Hinton tamara hinton, the head member that organized todays luncheon. We have the two medications director for the u. S. Department of agriculture. , and finally mr. Durkin. Tha
Lee edwards chronicles his sixyear involvement in the conservative movement. I met joe mccarthy through my father was something of a confidant to him. He was a hail fellow will met. You could ask for more fun guy to be with. He was very serious about that. And he was he was also somebody who did not take advice. Consequently said things or did things that hurt the cause for some time. The House National Resource Committee on federal land held a hearing recently on a bill that would create a National Park out of lands that were previously part of the Grand Staircase monument. It was established by president clinton in 1986. It is downsized by president trump. I would ask you unanimous consent that mr. Stewart could be allowed to sit with the subcommittee and participate. Without objection. So ordered. Under Community Committee rule. They are limited to the chairman and chairman ranking majority member. It will allow them to help keep to their schedules. We are probably going to be inter
Government officials testified about the infrastructure needs at recent senate hearing. Good morning. I call this hearing to order. Today we are holding a hearing to highlight the importance of passing a new Water Resource Development act or werda during the 1 is 5th congress. It authorizes funding for the army corps of engineers Water Works Program which need past wedder today provisions. Prior congresses have too additionally passed werda on biannual basis going back to 1986. Unlike other contentious issues, historically, republican and democratic members of this Senate Environmental Public Works Committee, have been able to pass werda legislation. This is legislation that moves. Regardless of Party Affiliation we understand these kinds of investment are par too important to the community to fall to partisan politics. This represents a did i veers group of communities with different needs. Our committee has members that represent baltimore, maryland, anchorage, alaska. Wyoming and wi
The main stage once again seeing the majority of russian athletes banned and those eligible to participate forced to compete under a neutral flag and frankly at this point when you hear doping you think russia but is the problem really reserves just the one country im afraid the answer is a resigning no an investigation conducted by a group of International Researchers at two separate sporting events back in two thousand and eleven produced a rather shocking conclusion where more than two thousand and the athletes were surveyed anonymously to encourage honest answers doping abusers remarkably widespread among elite athletes and remains largely unchecked despite convent logical testing that report revealed that the thirteenth athletics World Championships in south korea over forty percent of those competing and made it to doping in the past year and almost sixty percent at the pan arab games in doha whereas was only came back with point five percent of test as positive in south korea an
Weve seen him in the room. The Ranking Member is tom carper of delaware. And youre watching live coverage on cspan. Now, good morning. I call this hearing to order. We have quite a full house today. I welcome the audience. This is a formal Senate Hearing in order to allow the committee to conduct its business. Im going to maintain decorum. That means, if theres any disorder or demonstration by a member of the audience, that person causing the disruption will be escorted from the room by the capitol police. First, id like to welcome the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, the honorable scott pruitt to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for your testimony today. With respect to todays hearings, were going to abide by the committees fiveminute rule for length of member questions in the first round. Time permitting, we will also have a twominute second round of questions until 12 30, when administrator pruitt has to leave the building. Now of course, member